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Searching for Threads

You can use the search field to search for threads that contain ALL the keywords you have entered.

You can also use the tag: prefix to search for threads that are tagged with a specific tag.

You can also combine both keywords and tags in your search query.

See the examples below for more details.

Examples

In the examples below,

text in the code block

is what is entered into the search field.


Example 1: Searching by single keyword

hello
  • Returns all threads that contain the word "hello" in the title or body.

Example 2: Searching by multiple keywords

hello world
  • Returns all threads that contain BOTH the words "hello" and "world" in the title or body.

Example 3: Searching by tags

tag:nus
  • Returns all threads that are tagged with the tag "nus".

Example 4: Searching by multiple tags

tag:nus tag:cs
  • Returns all threads that are tagged with BOTH the tags "nus" and "cs".

Example 5: Searching by both keywords and tags

hello world tag:nus tag:cs
  • Returns all threads that contain BOTH the words "hello" and "world" in the title or body AND are tagged with BOTH the tags "nus" and "cs".